I also wrote a function for that,
function round_to($number, $increments) {
$increments = 1 / $increments;
return (round($number * $increments) / $increments);
}
(Also published on php manual - round() )
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks; Amazing. Ron
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Sheridan" <
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> To: "Richard Heyes" <richard@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Rounding down?
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 13:00 +0100, Richard Heyes wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> > Is there a way to round down to the nearest 50?
>>> >
>>> > Example: Any number between 400 and 449 I would 400 to be displayed; >
>>> 450 to 499 would be 450; 500 to 549 would be 500, etc?
>>>
>>> Off the top of my head: divide the number by 50, run floor() on the
>>> result, then times it by 50.
>>>
>>> 1. 449 / 50 = 9.whatever
>>> 2. floor(9.whatever) = 9
>>> 3. 9 * 50 = 450
>>>
>>> --
>>> Richard Heyes
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>>>
>>>
>> It should be round() and not floor().
>>
>> 449 / 50 = 8.98
>> floor(8.98) = 8
>> 8 * 50 = 400
>>
>> round(8.98) = 9
>> 9 * 50 = 450
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
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